FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, April 23, 1999Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed MIN by 11 after the first quarter and won 105–97.

Final
BOS100
CHI71
Q1 BOS +15; Q2 BOS +20; Q3 BOS +26; Q4 BOS +29
Final
GSW84
DEN96
Q1 DEN +7; Q2 DEN 0; Q3 DEN +12; Q4 DEN +12
Final · OT
HOU101
LAC106
Q1 LAC +5; Q2 LAC +6; Q3 LAC +11; Q4 LAC 0; OT1 LAC +5
Final
CLE75
MIL79
Q1 MIL -4; Q2 MIL -5; Q3 MIL -2; Q4 MIL +4
Final
CHH105
NYK110
Q1 NYK +9; Q2 NYK +14; Q3 NYK +11; Q4 NYK +5
Final
TOR95
ORL88
Q1 TOR +4; Q2 TOR +4; Q3 TOR +4; Q4 TOR +7
Final
MIN97
SAC105
Q1 SAC -11; Q2 SAC -2; Q3 SAC +9; Q4 SAC +8
Final
POR85
UTA96
Q1 UTA -1; Q2 UTA +5; Q3 UTA +11; Q4 UTA +11
Final
SEA97
VAN84
Q1 SEA +12; Q2 SEA +17; Q3 SEA +15; Q4 SEA +13
Final
ATL89
WAS78
Q1 ATL +5; Q2 ATL +10; Q3 ATL +10; Q4 ATL +11
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 1997–98Apr 23, 1998: 4 games. Top scorer: Steven Smith (ATL @ CHH), 35 points.
The lead · MIN @ SAC

Sacramento rallies from 11 down to beat Minnesota

Trailing by 11 after one, Sacramento outscored the Timberwolves 86–67 the rest of the way. Final: 105–97. Jason Williams led Sacramento with 27 points, 1 rebound and 4 assists.

Game flow · SAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-11-2+9+8SAC AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN3024192497
SAC19333023105
Who led
Jason WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 21, 12, 13, 9, 12, 6, 20, 19, 11, 27SAC27 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Jon BarryPoints, last 10 games: 3, 8, 0, 6, 2, 0, 1, 0, 0, 20SAC20 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 24, 18, 19, 15, 16, 20, 21, 18, 23, 29MIN29 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Joe SmithPoints, last 10 games: 14, 6, 19, 16, 5, 21, 26, 6, 10, 15MIN15 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Boston posts the night's biggest win

Boston beat Chicago by 29, the widest margin of 10 games.

MIL over CLE4LAC over HOU5NYK over CHH5TOR over ORL7SAC over MIN8UTA over POR11ATL over WAS11DEN over GSW12SEA over VAN13BOS over CHI29Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.7Season avg14.8Last 5

14.8 points a game over his last five games, against 6.7 in 35 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 20 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.1Season avg8.7Last 3

8.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.1 in 39 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.4Season avg40.7Today

41 minutes today, against 16.4 a game in 9 earlier games. Line: 25 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Allan Houston leads the day with 30

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 5, 10, 13, 13, 11, 23, 17, 12, 30NYK vs CHH · W
16.4 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 0 REB · 4 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 24, 18, 19, 15, 16, 20, 21, 18, 23, 29MIN @ SAC · L
20.6 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high29 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Maurice TaylorPoints, last 10 games: 20, 11, 23, 18, 16, 10, 28, 24, 24, 29LAC vs HOU · W
17.1 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high29 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Eric PiatkowskiPoints, last 10 games: 11, 14, 6, 17, 13, 13, 7, 7, 13, 28LAC vs HOU · W
9.8 PPG season to date · +18.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Jason WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 21, 12, 13, 9, 12, 6, 20, 19, 11, 27SAC vs MIN · W
13.1 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high27 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 33, 15, 14, 18, 29, 14, 17, 18, 27, 26MIL vs CLE · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 17 REB · 1 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Elden CampbellCHH+7.0 19.2 last 10 · 12.2 season
Gary TrentDAL+6.5 21.9 last 10 · 15.3 season
Danny FortsonDEN+4.9 15.1 last 10 · 10.2 season
Sherman DouglasLAC+4.6 12.9 last 10 · 8.3 season
Chucky BrownCHH+4.6 12.2 last 10 · 7.6 season
Cold
Nick AndersonORL−5.4 8.8 last 10 · 14.2 season
J.R. ReidLAL−5.1 4.5 last 10 · 9.6 season
Allen IversonPHI−4.6 21.4 last 10 · 26.0 season
Mitch RichmondWAS−4.3 15.7 last 10 · 20.0 season
Darrick MartinLAC−3.7 4.3 last 10 · 8.0 season